Strategic Planning and Policy Development
Organizational strategy, plans, policies, and supporting mechanisms are vital important to ensure a leader’s direction and vision are executed. Analysts estimate that 90% of companies strategies fail to be successfully implemented. Without clear definition and dedicated effort to instantiate the objectives, organizations often fail to achieve their leader’s plans and their full potential.
GRS' strategy, planning and policy experts can provide comprehensive support to organizational leaders seeking to develop or execute their strategies. Our range of capabilities includes:
- Strategic Planning, Development, Implementation
- Operational Planning Support
- Contingency Planning and Execution Support
- Executive Coaching
- Strategic Communications
- Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
- Public Relations
- Policy Development
- Organizational Change and Development
- Resource Management
- Leadership and Governance Development
- Leadership Training
- Comprehensive Training Solutions
GRS served as a strategic planning team for the Director, DIA housed within the Chief of Staff's Office. GRS developed, edited and produced the DIA Strategic Plan 2007-2012. In order to develop this in-depth document, GRS conducted extensive research and worked across all elements of the Agency and the deputy directors to determine the key goals, objectives, activities and to make recommendations to achieve the DIA mission as envisioned by the DIA Director, the Director of National (DNI), and the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI). As a team we 
provided:
- Extensive knowledge of stakeholder plans, including DNI, USDI, DoD, IC and others
- Provided in-depth understanding of DIA enterprise and its leadership
- Provided institutional knowledge of DIA since the concept of development for the first DJIOC
- Focused strategic plan on utilization of assets around support of DIOCC
- Demonstrated ability to author and coordinate plans, documents, briefings at senior level
- Demonstrated excellence in program management and consistency of high quality deliverable's
GRS supported the development of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Modeling and Simulation Business Plan. The Modeling and Simulation Corporate and Crosscutting Business Plan established the strategic direction for M&S activities and investments across the Department of Defense (DoD). It encompasses the M&S Vision and Goals, the cumulative direction of DoD investments, plans, programs and objectives identified collectively by the M&S Steering Committee. This plan implements policy in DoD Directive 5000.59, “DOD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Management” (DODD 5000.59) and provides a basis for developing supporting plans and programs. Additionally, GRS is currently engaged by the DoD Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office to assess M&S contributions to Irregular Warfare (IW) as well as providing strategic guidance and senior level consultation to the 2020 Quadrennial Defense Review. In addition, we provided:
- Proven ability to coordinate across diverse and complex set of organizations (16 entities in M&S CO) serve on oversight committee
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of DoD keystone documents – QDR, National Military Strategy, updated directives and more
- Currency in stakeholder direction including OSD, USDI, AT&L and others
- Demonstrated capability to draft and finalize plans for review by seniors and publish at DoD level
- Understanding of critical issues facing the warfighter including Irregular Warfare (IW)
- Provision of timely and accurate status reports to support effective program management
Capabilities Include:
- Strategy Planning, Development, Implementation
- Contingency Planning and Execution Support
- Executive Coaching
- Strategic Communications
- Public Relations
- Policy Development
- Organizational Change and Development
- Resource Management
- Leadership and Governance
- Leadership Training
- Training Solutions
